The Efficacy of the HIV/AIDS Symptom Management Manual

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The goals of this research are: 1) To test the efficacy of a self-care symptom management manual by examining whether people who use the manual find it to be useful; 2) To examine symptom and demographic data related to self-care behaviors, symptom control, medication adherence and enhanced quality of life.

The University of California, San Francisco is the coordinating site for this multi-site international study.

Condition or disease

Intervention/treatment

HIVAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Behavioral: Symptom Management Manual

Detailed Description:

People living with HIV/AIDS encounter many psychological, physiological, and cognitive symptoms, such as pain, diarrhea, fever, fatigue, depression, and confusion. These symptoms have been found to restrict a person's daily life significantly. Self-management of multiple HIV and medication side effects symptoms and maintaining optimal quality of life have, therefore, become major daily tasks for people living with HIV/AIDS.

This study is a randomized controlled trial with a two-group repeated measures design to test the efficacy of the symptom management manual. Two groups (experimental and control) will be assessed in a repeated measures design at 3 time points: baseline (time 0), one month (time 1), and two months (time 2). Data will be analyzed using longitudinal mixture modeling.

Comparison(s): HIV-positive patients receiving a symptom management manual and orientation to the manual, compared to HIV-positive patients receiving a nutrition manual and orientation to the manual.

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Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Diagnosed HIV/AIDS

Adult (men and women, transgender)

Presence of at least one symptom within the past week

Consent

May or may not be pregnant

May or may not be on ART

Able to use the manual with or without family support

Exclusion Criteria:

Documented diagnosis of dementia

Unable to understand consent procedure as judged by the person getting consent

Self-reporting no symptoms within the past week

Self-reports having had experience with a self-care Symptom Management Manual